Reba McEntire will return to The Voice next week, serving as this season’s “Mega Mentor” as the artists and teams prepare for the knockout rounds, which begin Monday, April 17 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC. A new Reba-centric teaser, shared exclusively with Rolling Stone, offers a preview of the …
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Chance the Rapper stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday for a lively performance of his latest single, “Yah Know.” Standing within a three-walled performance space, the rapper delivered the record enthusiastically against changing light hues, backed by recorded harmonies by Ghanaian singer King Promise. “Yah Know” …
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It makes sense that the lead-up to the season premiere of a singing competition like The Voice would include all four coaches gathering around to perform together. With two new coaches – Niall Horan and Chance the Rapper – on board, alongside Blake Shelton and Kelly Clarkson, it’s almost like …
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Hosted by Chance the Rapper and his close friend and collaborator Vic Mensa, the inaugural Black Star Line Festival — a week of talks, parties, skating, and music in Accra, Ghana — was dreamt of and designed to catalyze physical connectivity, understanding, and eventually, radical movement-making among Black people globally. …
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“We don’t have no movies about Marcus Garvey and the Black Star Line,” Chance the Rapper tells me about the influential Pan-Africanist leader and his short-lived steamship company designed to facilitate travel and commerce across the Black diaspora. “I think it’d be really powerful for Black people to see and …
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Chance the Rapper is redefining what home means to him. On his latest single “Yah Know,” which features Ghanian singer King Promise, the musician channels Eighties house music through a sample of Whitney Houston’s “How Will I Know” while pondering ideas of liberation, freedom, and protecting his own peace. “Let …
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The Voice is losing its final original coach Blake Shelton. On Tuesday, Shelton revealed that he’ll be departing the show following the conclusion of next season, where he’ll be joined by new coaches Niall Horan and Chance the Rapper, and returning coach Kelly Clarkson. “This show has changed my life …
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Chance the Rapper and Joey Bada$$ brought their introspective track “The Highs and the Lows” toThe Tonight Show Monday, delivering an artistic performance of the collaborative single, complete with superimposed lyrics and onstage lo-fi footage filmed on a handheld camera. The rappers debuted the song — which deals with the …
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Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa will host the Black Star Line Festival, set to take place in Accra, Ghana on Jan. 6, 2023. The music and arts festival, which will be held in the historic Black Star Square, aims to be a bridge between Black artists of the Diaspora …
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Chance the Rapper shares a short tale in “A Bar About a Bar.” The accompanying new self-directed video features fellow Chicago rapper Vic Mensa and Chicago-based painter Nikko Washington. The clip opens on Chance and Mensa working on a writing exercise. Mensa asks, “What you got?” Chance launches into the …
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